Leviticus 10:2

So fire came out from before Yahweh and devoured them, and they died before Yahweh.

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And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD.

In Context

1Nadab and Abihu, sons of Aaron, each took his censer, put fire in it, and then incense. Then they offered unapproved fire before Yahweh, which he had not commanded them to offer.

3Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh was talking about when he said, 1 'I will reveal my holiness to those who come near me. 1 I will be glorified before all the people.'” Aaron did not say anything.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:5So they came near and carried them, still wearing their priestly tunics, out of the camp, as Moses had instructed.

Numbers 3:3These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed and who were ordained to serve as priests.

Numbers 14:37these men who had brought out a bad report about the land were struck down, and they died of a plague before Yahweh.

Numbers 16:35Then fire flashed out from Yahweh and devoured the 250 men who had offered incense.

Numbers 26:61Nadab and Abihu died when they offered before Yahweh unacceptable fire.

2 Samuel 6:7Then the anger of Yahweh burned against Uzzah. God attacked him there for his sin. Uzzah died there by the ark of God.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 10:2-3

Death of Nadab and Abihu. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the Lord , which he commanded them not. 2 And there went out fire from the Lord , and devoured them, and they died before the Lord . Here is, I. The great sin that Nadab and Abihu were guilty of: and a great sin we must call it, how little soever it appears in our eye, because it is evident by the punishment of it that it… Read the whole commentary →

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